Certifying Oracle Solaris on ProLiant servers since 1996, HP is expanding its relationship with Oracle to include selling Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System Subscriptions and support from HP Technology Services on certified ProLiant servers.

HP will provide the subscriptions and support for the Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System on certified ProLiant servers and Oracle will provide patches and updates directly to HP's customers through Oracle SunSolve.

As part of this expanded relationship HP and Oracle will work together to enhance the customer experience for Oracle Solaris on ProLiant servers and HP increase its participation in the OpenSolaris community.

• Single point of purchase, contact, and accountability - HP is your one stop shop support for your combined ProLiant server and Oracle Solaris 10 operating system solution.
• Path to proactive support - HP offers, HP Support Plus, HP Support Plus 24,HP Proactive 24 service, HP Critical Service and Integrated hardware/software support.
• Renewal Process - HP offers proactive assistance in ensuring you have up to date subscriptions and support.
• Customization, configuration and integration - HP Factory Express is a robust portfolio of flexible, pre-priced, pre-installed, configured, customized and integrated factory solutions and deployment services-supporting HP ProLiant servers with Linux.
• Financing - HP helps you acquire Oracle Solaris 10 solutions cost-effectively, and manage that solution throughout its lifecycle.

Oracle Solaris 10 Subscriptions and Support products are available for purchase separately for use with an existing HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers. Oracle Solaris 10 on ProLiant servers delivers the performance, stability and security users and customers demand. With more applications available than for any other open operating system, one OS can span your entire enterprise: the Web tier, the data warehouse, and the most demanding technical compute applications.

Oracle Solaris 10, released in early 2005, includes many innovative features. Some of the highest regarded include: ZFS, Oracle Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace), Oracle Solaris Containers, Predictive Self Healing, and Oracle Solaris Trusted Extensions,. The unique features of the Oracle Solaris OS are designed to deliver breakthrough enterprise functionality as well as flexibility in a wide range of business environments.

Oracle Solaris advantages are not just on the technical side; it also provides operational benefits to businesses: unique among operating system vendors, Oracle protects your IT investments by guaranteeing that existing Oracle Solaris applications will run unmodified on Oracle Solaris 10, and provides a support life cycle oriented toward deployment longevity.

Systems running Oracle Solaris 10 can now boot from ZFS and can use ZFS as their root file system. Oracle Solaris 10 5/09 also includes virtualization enhancements including the ability for a Oracle Solaris Container to automatically update its environment when moved from one system to another, and paravirtualization support when Oracle Solaris 10 is used as a guest OS in Xen-based environments such as Oracle VM Server. Oracle Solaris 10 also includes support for the latest systems Oracle and other vendors, such as those based on the Intel ® Xeon® Processor 7400 Series.

Oracle has maintained binary compatibility between operating system releases for nearly a decade, enabling existing Oracle Solaris applications to run unmodified on Oracle Solaris 10. This means that Oracle Solaris applications developed ten years ago will run on Oracle Solaris 10 unchanged, taking full advantage of new and advanced Oracle Solaris features. With Oracle Solaris 10 Oracle now guarantees source code compatibility between SPARC and x86 processors, ensuring applications can run across platforms with a simple recompile.

• Guaranteed application compatibility from release to release of Oracle Solaris
  
• Guaranteed application compatibility between x86 and SPARC platforms
  
• Binary compatibility in Oracle Solaris translates to lower development, testing, and deployment costs.

• Additional information on Oracle Solaris and ProLiant/BladeSystem servers:
  • http://www.hp.com/go/solaris

• Additional information Oracle Solaris products on ProLiant and BladeSystem Servers:
  • www.hp.com/go/solaris

• Additional Oracle Solaris 10 Support Information:
  • http://www.hp.com/services/solaris

• Oracle Solaris Certified and Support Matrix:
  • http://www.hp.com/wwsolutions/solaris

Software Technical Support services are bundled with your Oracle Solaris 10 subscription; 9x5 support is bundled with Oracle Solaris 10 standard subscriptions and 24x7 support is bundled with Oracle Solaris 10 premium subscriptions. Below are the highlights of the Software Technical Support Service

• 24x7x365 access to technical resources - Connect with HP Response Center engineers via telephone FAX for assistance in resolving software implementation or operations problems. Service is available around the clock every day, including all holidays.
• Problem analysis and resolution - HP Services provides corrective support to resolve identifiable and reproducible software product problems, and to help you identify problems that are difficult to reproduce. You can also receive assistance in trouble-shooting problems and setting configuration parameters.
• Software features and operational support - HP provides information on the latest product features and known problems and solutions, plus operational advice and assistance.
• Escalation management - Established escalation procedures enlist specialized expertise from HP to Oracle.
• Installation advisory - Advisory support is available for help with installation and updating of standalone applications or products installed in a network environment.
• Software updates and licensing - Complete HP and selected third-party software product and documentation updates through Oracle SunSolve.
• Electronic software information - Access HP's electronic support facility including symptom-solution database, product descriptions

NOTE: For additional information on these services please visit the following web site: http://www.hp.com/services/solaris

• HP's Oracle Solaris Product Page: http://www.hp.com/go/solaris
• How to Buy Oracle Solaris 10 Products from HP: http://www.hp.com/buy/solaris
• HP's Oracle Solaris OS Support Matrix : http://www.hp.com/wwsolutions/solaris

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